Bureaucratic sluggishness at work?
April 24th, 2025
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is a UK government organization, authorized to investigate all maritime accidents in UK waters
Browsing the "Man Overboard" Tag
Left for dead after falling overboard
April 17th, 2025
Roger Cottle was presumed dead after falling overboard and lost at sea for five-and-a-half hours in a holed lifejacket, at
Help needed to find lost crew member
December 3rd, 2024
The World Cruising Club revealed the lost crew member in the 2024 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers was 33-year-old Swedish sailor
Overboard in the mid-Atlantic
December 2nd, 2024
At 02:27 UTC on December 2, a crew member went overboard from Johannes Schwarz’s Ocean Breeze, a Volvo 70 competing
Luck isn’t the best MOB recovery plan
September 9th, 2024
The offshore racing safety requirements are rather onerous today with the amount of equipment and education needed. It is a
It’s not what you say, but what you do
July 15th, 2024
When you lose a crew into the water, what do you shout? The Man Overboard (MOB) hail has gotten snared
Person-Overboard Retrieval Techniques
July 6th, 2024
by Ralph Naranjo, Practical Sailor The term Man Overboard (MOB) has been caught in the tide of political correctness, and
Nearly half die when falling overboard
July 4th, 2023
Analysis conducted by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has revealed that crew have, on average, under 11 minutes to
This yacht will never sail again
November 25th, 2022
Tied to a coconut tree on the beach in the fishing village of Lambeau, on Tobago’s windward coast, is a
Safety Training for Personal MOB Devices
May 4th, 2022
The Chicago Yacht Club’s 2022 Race to Mackinac has new safety equipment requirements which include how participants are now required
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